båk

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German bāke, from Old Frisian bāken. Cognate of Old Saxon bōkan, English beacon.

Noun

båk c

1. (nautical) daymark (daytime navigation mark)
2. (archaic) lighthouse

Declension

Declension of båk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	båk	båks
	definite	båken	båkens
plural	indefinite	båkar	båkars
	definite	båkarna	båkarnas

Derived terms

• fyrbåk

See also

• kummel
• varde

Further reading

• båk in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• båk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• båk in Svenskt nautiskt lexikon (1920)